Tag Archives: fats

Out of all the conversations I have related to healthy eating, one of the most common subjects is vegetable oil. Like processed carbs, vegetable oil is an incredibly destructive part of our diet that seems to be completely innocuous. So here’s the deal.

Today’s rant is a little technical, but it’s potent stuff. There are two main parts. One involves the unstable chemical structure of vegetable oils, and the other involves omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids. Continue reading →

Saturated fat has been railed again and again, mainly for being linked to heart disease. This fear of saturated fat–found in animal fats, butter and other dairy products, and coconut oil–has no solid research to back it up. Let’s look at the history of saturated fat use, the garbage research that caused this myth, and the real fat facts. Continue reading →

We are losing the battle for nutrition (Photo from the National Obesity Forum, UK)

Food corporations are screwing us.

We can’t achieve perfect health, and I’m really not recommending you become so scrupulous with your diet that your quality of life is diminished in any way. People have immune and detoxification systems for a reason; we can handle a lot of the garbage that gets thrown our way. People live long, fulfilling and often extremely health lives while eating tons of garbage they shouldn’t.